“His meeting with
Adrian Singleton had strangely moved him, and he wondered if the ruin of that
young life was really to be laid at his door, as Basil Hallward had said to him
with such infamy of insult” (Wilde 139).
Before Dorian killed Basil, Basil saw Dorian as the
reason for the changes in Adrian Singleton. Even though Dorian is permanently on
the evil side, he goes to see if Basil’s accusations were correct.
Unfortunately, Dorian is unable to take the blame for Singleton’s ruined life.
The visit does illustrate that Dorian is stuck replaying the conversation he
had with Basil. Dorian is rewinding the parts of his life that were once good,
but he is not interested in changing his lifestyle. Dorian seems to want to
prove Basil’s accusation wrong, because Dorian will never actually recognize
the truth, because he will never take blame for what has happened to him.
Dorian does not show remorse for killing Basil; he is still angry at Basil for speaking
the truth about the evil that has overtaken him.
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